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Author Sahil, Zahraa
Title Are we able to retain nurses in New Zealand in the public health sector? Type Book Whole
Year 2021 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 66 p.
Keywords Nurse retention; Public health; Remuneration; Pandemics
Abstract Performs an integrative literature review to identify the causes of low retention rates among nurses, pinpointing both intrinsic and extrinsic factors, chief among them, low pay. Highlights the exacerbating effect of the pandemic on nursing retention.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1747
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Author Yarwood, Judy; Richardson, Anna; Watson, Paul
Title Public health nurses' endeavours with families using the 15-minute interview Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 32 Issue 3 Pages 20-30
Keywords 15-minute family interview; Public health nursing, Families, Ecomap, Genogram, Ecogram, Relational practice
Abstract Explores 16 public health nurses'(PHN) knowledge and use of the five components of the 15-minute interview: manners, therapeutic questions, therapeutic conversations, commendations, and the genogram and ecomap. Employs a qualitative, collaborative, educative study to conduct focus groups for gathering data in pre-and post-intervention phases with PHNs who used either a genogram or eco-map in practice over a three-month period during the intervention phase.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1522
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Author Mahoney, Laurie
Title Children living with a mentally ill parent : the role of public health nurses Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 26 Issue 2 Pages 4-13
Keywords Public health nurses; Parental mental illness; Advocacy; Assessment; Focus group
Abstract Aims to identify the public health nurses' role with regard to children who are living with a parent who is suffering from a mental illness. Uses a qualitative research design with 8 public health nurses working in rural and urban settings. Conducts focus groups from which data are gathered and analysed thematically using axial coding. Conducts further focus groups with 6 of the participants to evaluate the themes identified.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1454
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Author Mahoney, L.
Title Making the invisible visible: Public health nurses role with children who live with a parent with a mental illness Type
Year 2008 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Public health; Children; Community health nursing; Scope of practice
Abstract This research uses focus group methodology to examine the public health nursing practice with children living with a mentally ill parent. These children are often neglected, yet are at increased risk of developing mental illnesses themselves. The research data identified the burgeoning impact on public health nurses of such care, and found their role to be primarily assessment and advocacy.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1304 Serial (down) 1289
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Author Hinder, G.
Title Challenging the boundaries: An initiative to extend public health nursing practice Type
Year 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University, Palmerston North, Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Public health; Scope of practice; Nursing
Abstract
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1264
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Author Roddick, J.A.
Title When the flag flew at half mast: Nursing and the 1918 influenza epidemic in Dunedin Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords History of nursing; Public health
Abstract
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1120 Serial (down) 1105
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Author Francis, L.
Title Polio is history – isn't it Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Whitireia Nursing Journal Abbreviated Journal
Volume 14 Issue Pages 24-31
Keywords Case studies; Diseases; Public health; Community health nursing; Poliomyelitis
Abstract Using the stories of four polio survivors who have since contracted post polio syndrome (PPS), this article discusses the theories regarding the cause of PPS as well as the varying symptoms and problems for those living with the disease.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1046
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Author Russell, D.
Title Changing public health nursing practice Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 5 Issue 11 Pages 18-19
Keywords Public health; Community health nursing; Nursing models; Teamwork
Abstract A new approach to public health nursing in the Otago region is described, which comprises of 3 distinct groups of nurses working in early childhood centres, primary schools and high schools. A family nursing assessment approach is used. The philosophical underpinnings of this approach are examined, which seeks to empower patients and engage them in their health care. Two public health nurses are interviewed about the new partnership model of nursing.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1041 Serial (down) 1025
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Author Prentice, D.; Hathaway, M.
Title Responding to a death from meningococcal disease: A case study Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7 Issue 5 Pages 16-18
Keywords Infectious diseases; Public health; Infection control
Abstract The public health nurses present a case study on adapting meningococcal disease public health protocols to work with the situation of a Cook Island family following the death of a member from meningococcal disease. They discuss the meningococcal disease epidemic in New Zealand and outline the signs and symptoms of the disease.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1016
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Author Lowe, L.
Title Linking housing and health status Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 8 Issue 9 Pages 26-27
Keywords Health status; Public health; Nursing
Abstract The author examines the impact of poor housing on health, and looks at how the situation can be improved. Ways that nurses can work towards improving housing standards and thus health are discussed.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1021 Serial (down) 1005
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Author Wilson, H.V.
Title Surveillance or support: Divergent discourses in Plunket nursing practice Type
Year 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Public health; Children; Community health nursing; Plunket
Abstract Plunket nurses are New Zealand child health nurses who work in the community with the families of new babies and preschool children. Their work is called child health surveillance and this is considered to involve routine and unproblematic practices which are generally carried out in homes and clinics in the context of a relationship with the child's mother (Ministry of Health 1996; Royal New Zealand Plunket Society 1997). However, evidence in the literature that surveillance can have implications for power relations throws doubts on official claims that the relationship between the mother and nurse operates as a partnership (Trout and Polaschek 1996). The purpose of this thesis was to explore the way in which surveillance is constituted within the discourses of Plunket nurses and to examine these discourses for any implications of unequal power relations. Foucauldian discourse theory and poststructuralism, which informed this thesis, provided the opportunity to challenge assumptions about power and knowledge in the child health context. Analysis of the discourses generated by interviews with five Plunket nurses revealed that, contrary to the claims in the official literature, the relationship between the Plunket nurse and the mother is not that of an equal partnership but is constituted in various and unexpected ways. It was through the nurses' discourses of surveillance that the power relations underpinning this relationship were surfaced. While these discourses suggested that many mothers who use the nursing service are actively involved on their own terms, there are a number of women for whom the surveillance activities of the nurse have been shown to be particularly intrusive (Mayall 1986; Clinton 1988; Bloor and McIntosh 1990; Knott and Latter 1999). It may be primarily this unwelcome surveillance which accounts for the considerable number of women who, the statistics show, cease using Plunket services particularly in the early months. It is perhaps for this reason that the nurses in this study locate themselves as being caught between divergent discourses of support and surveillance. Findings indicate that the resolution of this dilemma by abandoning surveillance practices might improve maternal satisfaction with the Plunket nursing service. The author concludes that a child health service responsive to mothers' stated needs rather than institutional requirements or the nurse's own agenda could lead to a more open and equal relationship between mother and nurse. This relationship would be likely to benefit mothers and babies and, at the same time, enhance both nursing practice and nurses' satisfaction with their work.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 899
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Author Farrell, E.
Title A lamp to light the way: Public health nurses' perceptions and experiences of professional/clinical supervision Type
Year 2003 Publication Abbreviated Journal Auckland University of Technology
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Public health; Nursing; Clinical supervision; Professional competence
Abstract
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 887 Serial (down) 871
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Author Hansen, C.
Title Professional practice attributes within public health nursing Type
Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Public health; Nursing
Abstract
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 868 Serial (down) 852
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Author Lynes, H.
Title Partnership or collaboration? Exploring professional relationships between public health nurses and school staff in Otago, New Zealand Type
Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal Otago Polytechnic library. A copy can be obtained by contacting pgnursadmin@tekotago.ac.nz
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Public health; Nursing; Nurse-family relations; School nursing
Abstract School staff are a conduit by which children and families can access the public health nursing service and the public health nurses can access children and their families. The author notes that, to benefit children, public health nurses need more than knowledge of health issues; they need to understand how to work well with staff from the education sector. A good professional relationship between public health nurses and school staff will therefore ultimately result in a benefit to children's health. This thesis reviews the literature using an interpretive lens to examine the position of public health nurses and schools. It argues that public health nurses need to access expertise from other sources besides nursing in order to develop and sustain the skills of relating professionally to staff from the education sector. It proposes collaboration as a model of public health nursing practice with school staff but recognises that further research on inter-sectorial collaboration is necessary.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 836
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Author Garlick, A.
Title Determined to make a difference: A study of public health nursing practice with vulnerable families Type
Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library, NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Public health; Children; Nurse-family relations
Abstract
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 737 Serial (down) 723
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